ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182230
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | K Bernhardt |
| Registration: | D-EDUL |
| MSN: | 86624 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Breitscheid Airfield, Breitscheid, Hessen, West Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Breitscheid Airfield, Breitscheid, Hessen, West Germany (EDGB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86624; Taken on charge by the RAF as PG738, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.7.44. However, placed into long-term storage locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably July 1945]. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 7.45. Transferred to Royal Netherlands Air Force 8.8.46; despatched 20.8.46.
Taken on charge 26.5.48 by Royal Netherland Air Force A-21 at Woensdrecht. To Fokker for major inspection 26.5.48; returned to Woensdrecht 17.8.48. To Avio-Diepen for major inspection 27.10.50; returned to Woensdrecht 7.2.51. Detached to Soesterbe6rg 10.7.53; to Depot 21.8.53. To Gilze-Rijen 30.10.53; to Woensdrecht 21.12.54. To DVVM-2 Gilze-Rijen 8.2.55 for storage pending disposal. Sold 15.9.55 by Domeinen. Struck off charge 13.1.56.
Registration D-EDUL allotted 13.9.55 to E.M. Schumacher, Kempen; ferry permit issued 19.10.55 for delivery from Breda, Netherlands to Monchengladbach, West Germany. Registered (C of R 451) 19.6.56 to Luftsportclub Gelsenkirchen und Buer eV, Borkenberge.
Badly damaged when overturned when taxying at Borkenberge 5.7.56; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged (again) in crash on landing 30.6.57; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 4.60 to K Bernhardt, Breitscheid Airfield, Breitscheid, Hessen, West Germany
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off at Breitscheid Airfield, Breitscheid, Hessen, West Germany 6.6.61. Registration D-EDUL cancelled 8.6.61.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p866.html
4. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=701:dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk&catid=85&lang=en&Itemid=547&showall=1&limitstart=
5. http://wikimapia.org/2603401/airfield-Breitscheid
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2015 18:48 | TB | Added |
| 22-Sep-2021 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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